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PATENTED JAN. 19, 1904.

R. R. FOGEL & w. BOURKE. BUTTON,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1901.

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UNITED STATES A Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

' RUBE ROBERT FOGEL, OF NEW YORK, ,AND.WILLIAM BOURKE, OF

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,856, dated January19, 1904.

Application filed July 29, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RUBE ROBERT FoeEL, a resident of Manhattan borough,in the county of New York, and W'ILLIAM BOURKE, a resident of Brooklynborough, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, citizens ofthe United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButtons, which improvements are fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which-' Figure 1 is a viewin perspective of a button embodying our said improvements looking atthe front face of the button-shoe. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective ofsaid button looking at the rear face of said button-shoe. Fig. 3 is acentral longitudinal section of the button, the button-stem in this viewbeing shown in section.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the respectiveviews of the drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in devices of that class known asbuttons, and particularly such as are generally employed for retainingpurposes in connection with cuifs, neckbands of undergarments, collarswhen applied to such neckbands, and various other articles.

The object of this invention is to provide a button of the characterabove indicated which shall be simple, inexpensive, and novel as regardsconstruction, which shall embody certain novel features of constructionrelating particularly to the assembling of the shoe and stem thereof,and which shall possess certain well-defined advantages over prioranalogous devices.

The invention consists in the employment of certain new and usefulpeculiarities of construction, in the novel disposition and relativearrangement of the parts whereby the attainment of the aforenamedobjects is rendered practicable, and in certain combinations, all ofwhich willbe specifically referred to hereinafter, and set forth in theappended claims.

The button herein described is one wherein the base or foot is made ofmother-of-pearl,

Serial No. 70,032. (No model.)

ivory, or other material separate from the shank, and a dlfliculty hasalways been experienced in such buttons in connecting the shank solidlyand firmly to the base.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, 2 indicates the base or foot,of a slightlydished contour and having in the center thereof an opening.l

3 is the stem or shank, which is made solid except at its connectingend, Where it is tubular and provided with an annular rib 4, formed byfolding the metal on itself. The end of the tubular part of the shankprojects below this rib to pass through the opening in the base 2, thisend being slightly longer than the thickness of the base, so that afterthe base is placed in position it may be expanded outwardly anddownwardly upon the base, thus forming an annular lip 5. Thisconstruction, while forming a firm and rigid connection with the base orfoot, also protects the edge of the opening in the base from chipping,which if the base be made of mother-of-pearl it is liable to do unlessprotected. A suitable head is formed upon the end of the stem or shank.

.Having described our invention, what we claim is 1. The combination ina button with a solid shank, a tubular end on said shank, and an upsetor fold forming an annular rib around said tubular end, of a base orfoot pierced for the reception of the tubular end, the said shank endbeing expanded down on the outside of said foot to hold it firmlyagainst the said annular rib and prevent the base from chipping,substantially as described.

2. A button having the solid shank 3, the tubular end on said shank, theannular rib 4: and the separate base 2, the base 2 being held in contactwith the rib 4, by an expansion of the tubular end forming a lip 5,substantially as described.

R. ROBERT FOGEL. WILLIAM BOURKE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD TORTMAN, THEODORE BLOECHER.

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